gavia

la gavia(
gah
-
byah
)
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
feminine noun
a. topsail
El marinero divisó una isla desde la gavia del barco.The sailor spotted an island from the boat's topsail.
a. seagull
Las aves que vi desde el barco parecían gavias, pero su cabeza era amarilla.The birds I saw from the ship looked like seagulls, but their head was yellow.
3. (botany)
Regionalism used in Cuba
(Cuba)
a. spike
Esos racimos en la caña de azúcar son las gavias de las que hablamos la clase pasada.Those clusters on the sugar cane are the spikes we were talking about last class.
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